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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle says that storytelling with episodic plots is to be favored by whom?
(a) No one.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Poor poets.
(d) Homer.

2. When one character realizes that another character has fewer morals than he once thought, what does Aristotle say is happening?
(a) Growth.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Bad judgment.
(d) Recognition.

3. What does Aristotle identify as the foundation of good poetry writing?
(a) Using well-researched historical events.
(b) Irony.
(c) Probability and necessity.
(d) An interesting twist or turn.

4. Like any art, poetry is defined by Aristotle as what?
(a) A theatrical play.
(b) A rhyme with more than four sentences.
(c) A kind of imitation.
(d) A funny story.

5. What type of action does Aristotle say occurs with "Recognition" and/or "Reversal of Situation"?
(a) Happy.
(b) Complex.
(c) Congruent.
(d) Bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of story does Aristotle define as "episodic"?

2. What type of poetry does Aristotle say focuses on serious and important actions?

3. Aristotle believes that a poet can turn a complex plot into a simple one by doing what?

4. In poetry, Aristotle explains that the "Recognition" is almost always what?

5. What type of situation does Aristotle explain occurs more frequently in tragedy?

(see the answer key)

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